, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—Dentistry
… see more patients. That doesn't appear to have been happening. The Minister has been warned time and time again that that programme is now failing and that there needs to be a reworking of it. I want … dentist and pay private, which many of them can't, or sit in agony, waiting until they reach the threshold at which they will qualify for some emergency treatment. That is not good enough. We have to make …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 3
Thank you. Yes, I couldn't agree more in terms of using the time now to build an understanding of where the challenges are. I agree with everything said, also, in terms of increasing the supply of the … cross-Government strategy to address the challenges we face in housing, but there is absolutely no need to wait for the right to be implemented; we can kind of model that now. So, we can set the strategic …
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—A British Sign Language (BSL) Bill
… healthcare appointments, because they have to travel to doctors' surgeries to ask for their appointments, then have to wait for an appointment that may be cancelled at short notice if an interpreter is not available. We also know … well-being, with 33 per cent of BSL users reportedly feeling lonely often or always, which is six times higher compared to non-disabled people. This is why it is so important that services and public spaces are …
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
… listening, I really think they do care about dogs and I'd like to thank you for your time, but I would particularly like to pay tribute to those animal charities. I couldn't actually do what you … Wales where, at the end of animals' careers in racing, they go to a dogs home where they wait for people to come along to take them away. That relies on charities, and those charities are here today …
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
… boards. We talked about the spend on temporary staff to try and support us. But at the same time, we're looking at the sustainable solutions for healthcare in Wales as well and how do we create new … think we also need to consider the work that's going on for patients that are on our waiting lists. Because of course, how patients wait is just as important as how quickly they're treated …
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Government’s legislative consent memorandum on the Energy Bill: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Climate Change
… you are a little bit caught between a rock and a hard place. I do think we were waiting to see whether we could get anything correct—. We'd prefer to bring an LCM that asks for approval … decide where you're going to get to. And who would have known that after all this time, the amendments wouldn't fundamentally change anything and wouldn't take up—? That's not where we wanted …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
… then, Huw, we're starting to look—because that takes us up to 2027, but we're not waiting until 2027—at the effectiveness, in effect, of the river basin planning, and I'll be first to say … the pressures and how we're tackling those pressures. But—you know, we've mentioned this many a time—what we're probably seeing, third cycle and beyond, is that need to be more interactive with all the …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… the switchboard from 8 a.m. on 22, 23 and 24 June, and on each occasion, they were kept waiting for 45 minutes before being told that no appointments were left. On 28 June, a voicemail said the surgery … Association Cymru and the Royal College of General Practitioners Wales first launched campaigns warning members of a ticking time bomb, and seven years since the north Wales medical committee came to the Assembly, warning that general practice …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
… people to also take that approach themselves personally, so that they realise that they don't have to wait for somebody to come and help them—not in every case—to get a job or to overcome their … their different localities, and how they could help spread the message. So, this is a really exciting time to be in this role of children's commissioner. I fully understand that there are huge issues, challenges, needs, priorities …
, Plenary
Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2024-25
… note that investment. Obviously, I think every Senedd Member would welcome anything that gets to grips with waiting lists, but one of the things that were raised in the Finance Committee's report—and can I thank the … that prevention agenda and where we will be able to see a measure, is that data comes up time and time again in different areas of not being quite clear where that connectivity is between that investment and …
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
… time for being a councillor who was opportunistic, I think I was called by the Minister at the time, because I feel that we have better cars on the road today with much better braking systems than … agree with the action that my colleague Rhys ab Owen has suggested, that, for now, we perhaps wait and see what is in political parties' manifestos. It is always open to every single member of the public …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
… the roof. And all of these things came together, which is why we had that really, really pressurised time over Christmas. And, of course, we had a lot of parents concerned about strep A. So, that explains the … back to pre-pandemic levels. Now, November also saw a second consecutive fall in the number of patients waiting to start treatment. We are continuing to make progress on the longest waits, and the number of pathways waiting …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… asking for my constituent to receive a response in June of this year, and now I too am waiting for a response to my correspondence, despite chasing for it. I'm sure you can appreciate that this … Members have the opportunity to scrutinise the Minister on this important development, so I'd be grateful if time could be made for a statement on this crucial matter. Thank you …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bovine TB
… bovine TB. Over the years, yes, there have been slight variances—up, sometimes, and down at other times, and that's the cyclical nature, isn't it, of these things. But, fundamentally, of course, nothing has changed. Under … farm slaughter policy. I very much welcome the belated announcement from the Minister, although we're still waiting for a concrete outcome in terms of getting to grips and changing those rules. But you're very much …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
… self-isolating—that's the highest level since April last year, yet fairly consistent with the rates this time last year. It's very welcome, Minister, as you mentioned in your statement itself, that Wales has now introduced … work elsewhere. We know we've got large backlogs—one in five of the Welsh population on waiting lists, cancer diagnoses being missed. Now, I noticed that the shadow Minister for health in Westminster and your Labour colleague …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: Supporting the Social Care Workforce
… workforce, as opposed to unpaid carers, I don't accept the premise of your comment that we have waited until the end of this term. What I have set out in my statement is, actually, the list … care, in fair pay agreements, which will put social care pay on a legal footing for the first time. And now I've just announced the social care academy. So, I don't accept the premise of the …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 2
… pool of teachers that are there readily waiting in the wings for those jobs. However, when they are waiting in the wings, they're also struggling with some of the issues of the lived experience of racism for … condemnation or a criticism of the school, this is simply a recognition that there is a challenge at times when you're the only person representing your community. As a teacher, you are confronted not simply by the …
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
… group, throughout the cost-of-living crisis, who are finding themselves in need of advice for the first time ever. And that's why we, and also, with points from the Welsh Government, or campaigns for things like … cost-of-living crisis, there are pressures in those services, and that, sometimes, means that people have to wait …
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1365, 'Re-open railway lines to connect the north and south of Wales'
… day trek followed the old railway line as closely as is reasonable, and he arrived here in time to meet members of the committee when we first considered his petition seeking to reconnect Cymru with a west coast … operation agreement and was published in February this year. One of the reasons that the committee has waited so long to debate this petition was so that the debate could be informed by that report. The report …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts—Welsh Government 2023-24: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government
… concerns about ongoing resilience responses. If we go back 10 years or so, Welsh Government would be waiting for a major-incident-type response on a very rare basis, and we would know the specific number of days … added back in April 2023. I think, traditionally, Chair, we have reported quite a summarised list, but this time we were deliberately trying to show where the new areas had been dropped in, just so that it would …